
Known for
Acting
Born
June 7, 1940
Birthplace
Chester, England, UK
Died
February 25, 2021 (aged 80)
Pickup was born in Chester, England, the son of Daisy (née Williams) and Eric Pickup, who was a lecturer.[1] Pickup was educated at The King's School, Chester, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and became an Associate Member of RADA.
His television work began with an episode during the second series of Doctor Who in 1964, for which he was paid £30. Pickup worked with Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theatre, most notably in Three Sisters and Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 1973, he starred in the BBC drama series The Dragon's Opponent, playing a World War II bomb disposal expert and also appeared in The Day of the Jackal. He played Lt. Harford in Zulu Da...
2025
as The Gambler
2021
as Damian Self
2018
as Judge
2017
as Neville Chamberlain
2017
as Udo
2017
as Frank
2016
2016
as Bentham
2015
as Norman Cousins
2014
as Bearded Man
2013
2012
as Norman Cousins
2012
2011
2010
2010
as King Sharaman
2009
as Self
2008
as Tobias
2008
2007
as William McDowell
2007
2005
as Cecil Johnson
2005
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
2005
as Monsieur Moitessier
2005
as Monsieur Moitessier